Virtual TapeServer 6.04.03 Operations and Administration Guide

80 | Using SecureVTS
Encrypting and decrypting virtual tapes
After SecureVTS is enabled and configured, you can encrypt virtual tapes. You can encrypt
virtual tapes individually or you can encrypt a pool, which instructs VTS to automatically
encrypt virtual tapes when they are added to the pool.
• If you encrypt a pool, all virtual tapes in the pool are encrypted when they are created.
• If virtual tapes exist in a pool before the pool is encrypted, you can choose whether to
encrypt the existing virtual tapes.
Also, you can decrypt virtual tapes after they are encrypted.
Encrypting a pool
You can configure a pool so that any tapes created in the pool are encrypted. If virtual tapes
exist in the pool when the pool is configured for encryption, you can specify whether they
should also be encrypted.
Note To encrypt a pool when it is created, see Creating a pool on page 51.
Requires Administration group membership
To encrypt all virtual tapes in an existing pool
1. Click Virtual Media on the navigation pane.
2. If prompted, log in using an account that is a member of the Administration group. Click
the Log In button at the top of the page and enter a username and password.
3. Select pool maintenance from the window drop-down list at the top of the Virtual
Media - Operation page. The Virtual Media - Pool Maintenance page is displayed.
4. Select a pool from the POOL drop-down list.